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Who is on patrol who is in control of the streets in small town america after 3 nights of protests and violence in commercial wisconsin there is no obvious or easy answer what began as anger over Police Brutality against a black man has quickly morphed into murder in the midst of Armed Civilians 2 people were shot dead tuesday night in whats being called a vigilante attack and attack neither the police nor the National Guard were able to stop im burnt off in berlin this is the day. The sabbath. On lucky didnt matter. But my son not that i. Know. That. Im not. Im not. Going to fight. I stopped trying years ago. Im not. Have to watch murder people dont look like. Also coming out germany the European Union the u. S. The u. K. There is growing International Pressure on russia to investigate the poisoning of its loudest kremlin critic. You really have to ask yourself what is going on here and i think what we want to see is a fool for a transparent investigation. But to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day after a deadly and violent nights in the u. S. State of wisconsin 2 people were shot dead in the city of canoga tuesday night in what police say was a vigilante attack a 17 year old was arrested today police calling him a teenage fugitive of justice despite the presence of police and National Guard troops in connection with a teenage suspect was able to run freely down the citys street armed with a weapon which he allegedly used to kill twice and it has the attention now of u. S. President Donald Trump Trump tweeted wednesday afternoon today i will be sending federal Law Enforcement and the National Guard to konoha wisconsin to restore law and order it is important to know does the u. S. President has not tweeted or made a comment publicly about sundays shooting by police of the africanamerican Jacob Blake Blake was shot in the back at close range 7 times in front of his 3 children he remains in intensive care and is now paralyzed from the waist down our 1st report tonight takes us to the wisconsin town where it all happened. Chaotic scenes on the streets of. Violent protests broke out again wednesday night despite a curfew. Police used tear gas and flash grenades to try to disperse the crowd. Then young men armed with long guns appeared believed to be part of a local militia. Video showed demonstrators trying to disarm one man then he starts shooting hitting several people and wounding 2 of them fatally. The alleged shooter then approached police with these hands it was not a risk to the next day. Has been rocked by protests since the weekend after police shot jacob blake an unarmed black man in the back. Jacob black survive the shooting but his family says hes paralyzed for life his 3 young sons watched as police shot him blanks mother has called for peace. The violence in the destruction. He would be very on leave. Wisconsin is home to many private militias state laurels people over 18 to openly carry a gun with no license required. Are joining me now from. Stephane ximenes good evening or good afternoon i should say to you there are several moving parts of this story tonight 2 people were shot dead last night police say theyve now arrested a 17 year old suspect what more do we know. Yeah the 17 year old suspect was arrested in illinois and upon a request by police here in wisconsin that is a intentional 1st degree. Murder or a homicide charge which is brought against a 17 year old teenager he is sitting now in a juvenile Detention Center in illinois tradition request from wisconsin forwarded to illinois and the suspect is expected to see a judge on friday. This suspect was allegedly able to shoot and kill 2 people in the open on a city street despite the presence of police and National Guard troops i mean is that being discussed. Here i dont know if this is discussed already or right now but it real be discussed so 1st things up but this suspect is 17 years old legally he wasnt allowed to carry a gun here in the open carry state wisconsin because you have to be 18 furthermore in illinois you have to be 21 year old to have a gun and to get a permission you cant just buy a gun and carry it open like here in wisconsin when youre 18 years old in illinois you have to be 21 years old and you have to get a permission a permit card for that i dont know if he had one i dont think he can have one when hes only 17 so this is a little bit of a legal mumbo jumbo there but it is important however more National Guard stroup so theyre already yesterday were about 250 National Guard troops with police also in the numbers of about 250 Police Officers trying to quell the unrest when i say on rest this was Water Bottles thrown against police and of course now. A lot adhering to the curfew which was issued for 8 oclock local time here today by the way one hour earlier curfew Just Announced it starts at 7 pm so it is not that those were hand to hand combat between protesters and police that was fairly organized the resistance to leave the place where police say if you need to leave because its a curfew and to Police Action actually have to say i have i have been in you know that in minneapolis when george floyd was killed by a cop there and when we got actually shot on by a trooper in minneapolis and here we heard the police out of their speakers in their technical vehicles in their Armored Vehicles asking fairly politely protesters please please please dont make our job complicated and then thinking them if they actually when they actually move so donald trump i send fats in and. More state troopers and more sorry more National Guard to the national god aspect of this the governor agreed i am not sure of this point is if the governor of wisconsin also agreed to mr tom sending in more federal troops yet and we know you just have on the president s wrong when he says he was descended more federal agents hes talking about states that are led by democrats was guns and has a democratic governor he says those times and states where you see riots looting and murders happen i mean does know she doesnt need reinforcements on the ground tonight. Im not really in my view and that is clearly to some very last to greater degree subjective not necessarily so National Guard troops can only do according to the law the following they can protect properties they can man checkpoints they step leash security perimeters they do not police work they do not arrest they do not. Engage with protesters in any active way if you will now when it comes to police that is a different scenario the local police here is when National Guard troops come more National Guards troops come in more freely and they have more bodies on the ground and to do actually the police work to engage the protestors looters arsonists and whoever looks for trouble and arrest those people so thats a good thing federal troops most of the time as we saw in portland you know knowing see the no i. D. s no way to tell where those guys are coming from who those guys are there is where its getting a little bit if you there is clearly in my opinion and what i see here intel not it real big need for d extra the Law Enforcement beefed up that is i think some political spiels donald trump the new sheriff in town demand for law and order it fits very nicely to what is going on the Republican Convention anyway as you say that the convention is going on this week that the timing is interesting here stephens imans on the story for us in wisconsin tonight stefan as always thank you. Its always constant is an open carry states where civilians can legally carry a weapon in public as long as it is not concealed police into notion of wisconsin they say that they were armed militia like people patrolling on tuesday night protecting their property from looters or was there another motive in some us cities white we activists openly carrying weapons have been patrolling antiracism demonstrations with the blessing of local Law Enforcement our correspondent all over salad met with members of one militia known as american will. Target training with the Armed CivilianGroup American somewhere in the state of washington. This is one of peter de a says favorite rifles the notorious a k 47 or kalashnikov for originally made by the soviet army but not a weapon of choice to defend American Values as he says. Pretty good classic so they dont make them like that anymore right dias believes it takes armed men like him and his group to keep america in the way it is. They fear freedom is under threat in the wake of the pandemic and countrywide protests but theyre also led by conspiracy theories. Their government is in the midst of a coup. Theres certain members of our government who are actively working to change this government from what its designed to be the land of opportunity theyre trying to turn us into some sort of socialist government a new form of government humanitarianism where the group is on what they call a mission to portland in the past they have acted as peacekeepers tonight they want to get firsthand impressions off the Portland Protests that have been going on for more than 80 nights running for you the refuses to wear face masks protesters attacked them immediately they were Walking Around as a group of people and to a group of people surrounded by a group of people while not wearing face coverings despite that being the law understandably so because they were in the middle of a pandemic i believe like some of it has to do with our president feels let that kind of behavior and that ideology just courage and i think that now they think that they have power. When they were here for black lives matter and theyre all here for White Supremacy so theres a clear. You know theres a clear difference of opinion and their opinion is not welcome here. But d. S. Insists his group does not stand for White Supremacy he wants the police to take tougher action against what he sees as a violent black lives Matter Movement you know. In my opinion when it gets to this type of. Mob mentality it should be dispersed thats where i stand with it. Police hanging back i understand that theyre worried about the numbers growing but i would handle the situation differently if. Manpower and equipment. Critics say on civilian groups like american wolf are inciting violence just by their presence but in the end it was they who had to retreat. And america the political left and the right are drifting ever further apart. Once annoying to russian Opposition Leader a legacy of all the remains hospitalized here in berlin in a medically induced coma hughes recovering from what german doctors say was most likely poisoning but the kremlin has rejected this diagnosis saying german doctors were too hasty with their conclusions now this today from a spokesman for him and spokesman we are categorically against someone labeling this Current Situation a poisoning which is something that is not confirmed yet this is a russian citizen who was in a coma and we would like to find out the reason for this coma russia is under increasing pressure to investigate the volleys illness test it confirmed have all the hallmarks of a nerve agent attack germany is demanding a full and transparent investigation a call thats backed by the European Union the United States and the u. K. And squints at least forced the act when if when the reaction of the German Government is based on the clinical findings of the treating physicians and of course these findings are made without any political influence it hated it when its been given at the German Government expects the russian authorities to provide transparent and speedy clarification and have full confidence in the work of the medical team treating mr novotny at a hospital. For more on this im joined now by andreas nick hes a member of the German Parliaments Foreign Affairs committee hes also a member of german chancellor Angela Merkels conservative c. D. U. Party mr nick is in wanted by our in western germany tonight mr nick its good to see you again germany germany was 1st to call one russia to investigate the European Union the u. S. And the u. K. Are now doing the same thats a lot of pressure in unison is it enough to make the kremlin do something. I that remains to be seen the jury is out we have been there it was coming in offering medical treatment to mr love on the 1st of all with. Complete and full recovery and it is mete aversions see a measure of great concern it is not a one off its. Another one in a serious of dubious killings and as a nation tends over a russian opposition politicians over the last couple of years and i think it is there to send a clear message that being and well position politician in russia is a very dangerous road. What leverage does germany have with putins russia at this point today you would sit Russian Diplomats home in protest before but even that seemed symbolic and nothing more do you do you have real leverage. I think may remind you that the European Court of human rights was an interim measure and of last week which was instrumental also in getting this in the body out of russia and into the Charity Hospital i think what we can do at the moment is clearly call upon a full and transparent investigation this has to be conducted independent and effective we are clearly looking at that with as as a measure of can see it is as if he is also foremans you have made it clear this will not free remain unanswered and we keep oil options and instruments open as we speak you mr hu before the election it only was medivac out in siberia and brought here to berlin the story was mainly about a german in geo trying to help a russian political dissidents as soon as mr nevaeh landed here the that story quickly became political is that what you and your fellow lawmakers in parliament did you want it to be that way. I think our government has taken i think the necessary measures that someones families all scheme for medical treatment you know a country in berlin in the charity gets access to that and clearly it is over symbolic also symbolic of very practical nature that the personal security of mrs avali in the charity is secured by federal agents. Of the federal police department. I think we have no interest to politicize this in the 1st place i think this is about human rights is about the rule of law i think it would be a mistake if we were giving. Additional. Feeding the action that this is part of a chip out of the structure structure or anybody else and this is about a very fundamental rule of law issues that russia will so as a member state of the council of europe has to comply with were you surprised mr neat to see how quickly the United States also came on board and demanded that russia investigate. Well i think we have more question marks about at least the role of some representatives of the United States when it comes to specific issues regarding russia i think this mills we know to consider that this is happening now in the run up to the u. S. Election and in the context of the better was protests. We will we will see i think again all of us think would be well advised not to frame this or to support framing this into part of a geopolitical struggle but its a very fundamental issue about the rule of law and fundamental human rights. In the Russian Federation i know i mean i just want to present all this what we have time germany and the us are united in this case but when it comes to the north stream to pipeline for example youre not a Trump Administration accuses germany of making itself dependent on russia for energy do you sometimes feel mr nick that germany is caught between a a russian rock and an american hard place. We dont think that. You do have transactions as london threatened by the Us Government increasingly are at all helpful if they are counterproductive if. We strongly advice from refraining from this kind of action against. The like germany and respecting the Political Economic sovereignty also of a nation i think is one of the core elements of our alliance millis what we have issues with regard to the Russian Federation where i think we are hopefully in broad agreement that we strove to come back to the peace and security or that has been that has been agreed in the cause of paris in 1990 which is in faustus still a key point of reference of living together. And dreams nic member of the German ParliamentForeign Affairs committee as always mr nic we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you well the cinema for Peace Foundation has played a key role in bringing russian opposition activists here to berlin for treatment at the sharks a hospital they did so with a pussy riot activists in 2018 and it met in fact alexina vonnie from siberia to berlin just last weekend now the groups chair yaka diesel told the chief Political Editor the killing come from there how the arrangements were made that have been you are the head of cinema for peace but most of all at the moment you have a man who pours out again about me to tell me how safe do you feel right now. Well the been a few threats but ive experienced this before so i dont really feel unsafe i think thats what happens when you deal with Opposition Leaders from countries which are not a full democracy. Where did you call fast because its not easy to just get a permit to enter of us or just like that where 1st so called charity and procyon open professor to find out if there would be willing to help again like they did 2 years ago and was kind of a bit funny funny because the office said like oh youre calling finally weve been expecting the corridors since this morning since weve seen the news so they thought it could be a similar case possible how much the system is did you get from that 1st moment from the German Government. Actually we informed them of what things that we were doing but the very 1st moment was one of the logistical work obviously we were aware of the fact that american and my client will be giving some statements and theyre offering medical help in their countries so we felt like that should not be any obstacles from that side how has the last week changed your view of the political reality in europe well i mean what we are proud of in the west is that we have socalled western values and democracies and i think after what has been happening with donald trump what is going to happen with corona. Like that is an erosion of democratic values. And also if you can unity i think if the west wants to stay the west it needs to take a clear stand for human rights and democracy. And it also needs to prove that in relationship to the rest of the world whats your biggest hope and your biggest concern right now. Where my hope would be that the patient will come back to normal fully i saw last night but chances were if you will again she seemed kind of like. Ok. I have to feeling that no one in. Could be doing a little bit better now by now so my hope would be that actually the whole thing will be resolved in the sense that he will be able to do his work again and then maybe the whole case can also remind. Our countries to work on russia to protect its giant lists and opposition politicians and not to be a country where people are going to put off Boris Nemtsov of on of up and of on me have to fear for their life. Thank you very much for talking to us thank you. Rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies after sorrento rains in northern afghanistan at least a 100 people are confirmed dead after flash floods in the countrys par one province. Time was of the essence for many families in power one province getting the injured to hospital was their highest priority vehicles are scarce and the few ambulances in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones and there are those able to get treatment for with worry about their families i cut through barbed wire to get to the roof of my neighbors house i want to get my family on to the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. Torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharikov destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck. The more collapsed and water poured into the house i managed to rescue 7 members of my family but i couldnt save my mother. Rescue teams are using heavy machinery to dig through the mud searching for bodies hoping against hope to find survivors floods are no rarity in northern and eastern afghanistan they leave hundreds dead every year. Well that is almost on the conversation continues online join us on twitter at. Brant goff t. V. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day see than ever. Huntington annex below searching for the newest trend its pure excess and a huge fish but that was before corona now consuming has ground to a halt and businesses are fighting to survive. What will happen if the price is redefined musharraf. Made in germany. 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Its not much fun hitting the stores at the moment and if it was for me but it just got more stressful having to wear a mask keeping your distance from everyone else plus Online Shopping is proving more popular than ever and that spell disaster has so many shops and businesses thousands of already had to close down others are fighting to survive consumerism and the coronavirus out topic a made w. s business magazine true fashion fans for that a pandemic stop them from getting hold of their favorite designers latest creations the global clothing industrys forecast to see revenues of close to one trillion 571000000000 euros this year a figure that already allows for a coronavirus related full of just under 2 percent we talked to germanys. About the crisis she sees it as a chance to try out new things and to rethink old habits how many things do we actually need what will be unnecessary in the future how are our habits changing theories are both surprising and inspiring. For me its not less is more its different as more on the. Day after. This one of germanys top designers following in the footsteps of her father. She says the fashion world cant go on a statistic and in times of coronavirus what weve got on our top half is more important than africa. Tell me about your topic or to get. Up so i had to this is an abstract flowering meadow so the hippie nature trend tops are really in at the moment because of all the Video ConferencingVideo Conference during the coronavirus pandemic weve all experienced how it feels to suddenly be working from home on. The top half has become compared to the bottom out. Things have changed. More discussion taking on a new meaning become less important more. Is among us a visit to the fashion is still very important because you want to show who you are be different from the rest and have fun dressing up. About but in terms of necessity its definitely slipped to the lower end on a scale of 1. 00 to 10. 00 do you do it and while everyones been at home. Theyve probably realised what a full wardrobe they actually have as it does so i think people are spending money on things they really need to own for things that give them joy. So far yet to york has launched 2 womens collections Spring Summer and autumn winter. The fashion industry thats often no longer enough it wants new creations faster and faster. You. Think should that be fewer collections you want a. Course of wagner theres a huge pressure to produce goods but that pressure is never. It just streams back through different channels. And i dont think it could continue to work like this not in the long run. So weve basically created a customer whos just waiting for the price to go down in sales. And its never really explained why the real price is what it is this has to be really learned or you get the textiles cost so when so much because theyre certified recycled at the verifiably fair trade the costs need to be transparent zones of your tetons and their cost. Yet to yoke doesnt produce herself instead she creates designs for lots of Different Companies she originally studied Industrial Design and many other products besides closing have been sold under her name like jewelry but she was. Great years in sunglasses. And even entire houses. Was high so what does the future look like to you as a designer. Computer design. Space computer design gaming aesthetics Virtual Reality of these are certainly things that everyone is involved in right now as board just and it means lurid colors a kind of artificial look and interesting Design Solutions and things d that arent typically human looking to push mention i wouldnt be surprised if we suddenly had were shoulder pads back in fashion having ones that you could talk into to call someone on your side. And to the from your book to something will things change oh well we just carry on as before. I think well reach a point where certain things will only be available in a certain way so those of having the option to do things one way or another will be taken away from us at some point in the future because. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing us in the direction of accelerating change its not that its changed everything that everything had already changed we just hadnt noticed it yet mocked. Shopping malls were all the rage not so long ago a huge range of goods on offer and the pleasure of strolling around the artificial creation of an old style high street but there was suddenly so many of them thats when they reached saturation point and thats when shoppers got bored then the coronavirus hit and it hit hot g. L. D. Milan filed this report for us. At 1st glance this could almost be any shopping day in preplanned demick times the customers are here in the small and central brylin stop and socially distance the real difference is that fewer people are eager to spend thousands of businesses in germany are fighting for survival and stores and malls special challenges. So heres the proposition for business. Large tenants like of this one that attract a lot of traffic now if mall or stores that depend on the traffic that. It means that shoppers might be able to find them too so i find a thought that means the Smaller Stores as well. And suffering they are but that started even before the pandemic years of growing dominance of Online Retail rising rents and changing consumer tastes have proved disastrous for this Business Model it makes me think of the aphorism either you sell something no one else has or you sell it in a way that nobody else does most havent managed to do either Retail Consultant to Research Life tells me more. I mean deutsche. Specially in germany lots of malls space rent has come from the middle priced segment on their off annoy the same. Consumers want me saying they want more experiences they want more quality conscious and sustainable collections. For users its thats a challenge for shopping malls if a crisis has pushed them to change all the innovations they already needed now has to occur at a much faster pace so the crisis is a catalyst for change in shopping malls to say you know what i dont need to. But easier said than done for now the reminders that we are in a special time abound here i find myself wondering whether i really want to try on clothes or eat up. Court or whether i can even afford to spend unnecessarily after all if i really needed anything i could order it from the comfort of my home. So those who want to save shopping culture will tell you the only way to do with us the only way to keep it being swallowed up by Online Retail is to lean heavily into making shopping an experience so that means that more activities more restaurants more event about the obviously harder to do in the middle of a pandemic few people know that better than personal shopper. You have to have you have to take. That still hold your hand off. My jaw is that the and we have the right things in i was shopping bags and the decision what is the right thing didnt change so i do my job. Theyre good perfect. The fun factor. Yeah sure in former times ive picked them up and we love the law that we hang around in and we talk to the shop clients and we lost and now everything is with it. So you cannot touch the people and its different really different you know youre a professional shop for it its like you see a lot of thoughts and what is also happening to the shop at the same time you understand a lot of people dont have a lot of money right on one hand i say hey its not about shopping at all its about buying the right stuff this is what i always pray pray pray dont buy buy buy buy its just a little but the good things and now people even stop buying the good things so its going down and we have to support our no could be nurse if we dont do so i mean look at the small when 200 meters and you saw. Why i thought florida it doesnt matter if its frankfurt disorder of cologne hamburg i have a lift from the small fall. And. Its a pity it was close to tears when i talk about this because this is also my life i dont talk about my job right now i talk about my personal life with my family where we go we go out for dinner shopping. Everything down i. What should be here indeed its not just about rethinking malls but the whole culture of consumption oaky thing i learned from andrea is that mindless shopping didnt make sense then and it makes even less sense now but i dont want to leave empty handed either this store used to allow customers to come in and taste the different teas on offer something you cant really do as an Online Shopper but now in the pandemic the motto is no troy just buy. Unfortunately not as many have come as we hoped but thats understandable i hope that customers will soon say wow i can go to the store again and try everything out and shop in person. And. Shes not the only one waiting and hoping for customers to return but her account i myself will probably come back to the mall ill be spending less but perhaps more mindful to your needs not wants on quality not quantity and stores here will have to change too or risk disappearing altogether. So people Shopping Habits are changing but if we didnt get out and buy stuff production would take a huge hitch economy would plunge governments are always promoting domestic consumption to ensure their economies stand on solid ground and im just relying on demand from abroad for their exports so does consumerism exist soley to serve the needs of capitalism or the people. What is consumerism. Shopping till you drop more more often and always looking for the next kick this also applies to intangibles which is music films and sex. Consumer behavior reveals here Socio Economic status you are what you buy i consume therefore i am. For economist adam smith consumption was the sole end purpose of all production in the 18th century goods were mass produced in factories for the 1st time ordinary people could now buy nice things textiles jewelry cosmetics it was a consumer revolution. In the 19th centuries advertising pillars and electric signs promised a luxury for all in countries including germany france and the us. The 1st Department Stores opened temples of consumerism. After the 2nd world war Consumer Spending proved the socalled economic miracle. Cars refrigerators and washing machines became widely affordable. But consumerism is a downside depleting the planets resources and destroying the environment of. Excessive consumerism is dangerous and activates the brains Pleasure Center but can lead to shopping addiction and chronic debt getting caught in the consumption trap. Criticism of consumerism began in the 1960 s. Consuming less and sharing goods with others instead of owning them today the sharing economy is growing more and more popular with young people. The internet has also changed Consumer Behavior algorithms revealed what customers want websites offer only certain items and manipulate the buyers. In spite of these excesses consumption is and remains the most important factor for Economic Growth when buying power grows so does the economy especially during times of crisis analysts focus on the Consumer Confidence index which measures peoples spending mood and consuming. Even if consumerism itself doesnt make you happy in the long run. If you suddenly found yourself a 1000000 euros richer what would you do with the money buy an expensive watch dine on champagne and caviar. Many equate wealth with luxury but what is luxury its not such a clear concept and it doesnt mean the same things to all people suffering goods and luxury dont have to go had it at showing off in a fancy car is not the same as reveling in something exquisite that is what luxury is all about. Snazzy cars fancy Leather Goods heaps of silver on the dining table thats not necessarily what luxury is really. A luxury means slowing down. Luxury is enjoying the moment and not thinking about anything else luxury has to do with quality of life issue this is luxury holiday sunshine the heat. At this campsite